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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC COOK, of the city of New York, county and State of'New York, have invented a. new and useful Method of Vaporizing and Burning Hydro-Carbon Fluids as Fuel g and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The nature of my invention consists of the introduction and distribution of hydrocarbon liquids into furneces for fuel by means of centrifugal force, eithervalon'e, or in combination witlrwater, steam, hot or cold air. In the drawings anuexed- Figurel represents an external plan of one manner of injecting the oil and spreading it in the furnace by centrifugal force. Y

Figure 2 is a horizontal section through line A B.

Figure 3 is an end view. Y

Figure 4 shows an application of the invention to an ordinary paddling-furnace in longitudinal section.

The hydrocarbon fluid is admitted from a. tank into the pipe C, which has stop-valves in it to regulate the supply. The pipe C conveysit to the revolving distributor D, which receives a. rotary motion by means of a. belt working on the pulley E, or in any other suitable manner. "The distributor D, which revolves or vibrates,

has a suitable head, F, at the end, which discharges and distributes the luid into the furnace by centrifugal force, produced by a rotary (or vibrating) motion. G is a bearing, for the pipe D to revolve in, and G, if necessary, may be made'hollow, and water allowed to circulate through it to keep it cool. His a cup, into which the oil-pipe C is fitted, and in which one end of the revolving distributer D works in a V-sockct, but a stufng-box can be used for the same purpose. I is a plug, by removing which a cleaner can be introduced into the distributer D, to cleanse it of sediment or coke. J is a pipe, to admit a jet of water to mingle with the loil, and to be distributed in furnace with it, and thiisproduce steam inside thc furnace. The hydro-carbon fluid should be heated before passing in to the distriblutc'in K are lugs cast on the bearing G, to bolt the cap II to, which is draw-n up by the bolts L, and keeps the V-socket-joint tight between itgand thc revolving distributor D. 'Ihe I revolving'distributer D may be driven by connecting it to any description of blower, for creating a forcedlblast of cold or hot air, or air and steam, into the furnace, or it may be driven by a rotary or other engine directly attached to the .diStr-ibuter, or by intermediate connections, the said engines working by means-of st icaln, coin-l pressed air,or water under pressure, or by any other suitable means.A Mis n. tile-plate or {ire-brick wall, having perforntious for admission of bot or cold air, either by natural or forced ldraught. N is a pan, to catch any of the fluid hydro-earbon that muy drop from the distributor D unconsumed. O is an air-space, and P a draughtdoor. 'Q ils a hole through brick-work, to admitair tofurnace.

When-this method is used of burning hydro-carbon fluids as fuel in steam-boiler or other furnaces, the distributor can be attached iii any position at anyconvcnicnt place, such as the furnace-door, ash-pit, or passed through the water-legs of the boiler, or in any other suitable location, or it can beso arranged thatthe hydrocarbon fluid will drop on to a revolving distributor of suitable form, which will spread itin the furnace.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi.

1. The introduction and distribution, by centrifugal force, of liquid hydro-carbons int o furnaces as fuel, substantially as shown and described.

2. I claim the introduction and distribution of water, in combination with liquid hydro-carbon, into furnaces by centrifugal force, substantiallv as shown and described.

3. I also claim the revolving distributor D, with its head F, constructed, arranged, and operating as and rnnnnnro COOK.

Witnesses:

Jeun McNair., H. G. BAuNUM. 

